West London comprehensive school attended by Nick Clegg's eldest son was surrounded
by armed police, it is disclosed.

Nick Clegg’s eldest son, Antonio, completed his first half-term at London Oratory on Friday, but the school has not had to take any new security measures for the Deputy Prime Minister.

When three of Tony Blair’s children attended the Roman Catholic comprehensive in Fulham, west London, a red telephone was installed at reception with a direct line to the police.

On one occasion, “an electrician who accidentally cut through the wiring while working on the premises during the summer holiday got a surprise when within minutes the whole school was surrounded by armed police”, discloses Pauline Devereux, the deputy head, in her new book, The London Oratory School: a celebration of 150 years.

'Edgy’ Erskine stirs up trouble

Gizzi Erskine has appeared on several television food programmes, but never ones in which she makes her own recipes.

Now, however, Erskine is in talks about presenting a show featuring her own creations. “I would really like my own TV show, where it is me making my own food from street level up,” she says at ShortList's the Brit List 2013 party at The View from The Shard.

The food writer, who presented Cook Yourself Thin on Channel 4, adds: “There is a lot of interest; it is just finding a commissioner with the right confidence for the project.”